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5M Google Accounts Hacked, Leaked on Russian Bitcoin Forum
- btian 12y agoNo Google Account has been hacked. They're just aggregated leaks from random compromised websites. If you don't re-use passwords, no action needs to be taken.
- magicalist 12y agobetter coverage: http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2014/09/cleaning-up-after-password-dumps.html http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2014/09/cleaning-up... (slate also has better coverage if you still need the clickbait headline[1]) [1] http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/09/10/gmail_password_hack_russian_bitcoin_forum_leaks_credentials_but_most_google.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/09/10/gmail_pas...
- dllthomas 12y agoFrom your first link, this seems worth calling out specifically: "We found that less than 2% of the username and password combinations might have worked, and our automated anti-hijacking systems would have blocked many of those login attempts. We’ve protected the affected accounts and have required those users to reset their passwords."
- schrodingersCat 12y agoAny word on what site(s) were hacked leading to this leak? I don't reuse any passwords so I'm not very concerned, but I'm the kind of person who just likes to be sure